Technical Delivery Manager

The Texas Tribune • Austin, TX

2d • Remote

About The Position

The Texas Tribune is hiring a Technical Delivery Manager to ensure our digital products and technical projects are delivered reliably, efficiently and in close alignment with our mission. This role is by design a hybrid of engineering-best-practice stewardship, day-to-day delivery leadership, agile management and architectural oversight.
This is a delivery-first engineering leadership role. You are here to create the conditions for successful execution, not to act as a “maker-manager.” It’s about orchestrating teams, removing blockers, clarifying requirements, and keeping momentum and standards high across often-complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
You’ll report to the Chief Product Officer and work closely with two product managers responsible for growth and data. The team also includes designers, data journalists, and two engineers focused on ethical AI adoption and full-stack product engineering. We create and ship systems that help guide transformation as we launch and sustain new local newsrooms to serve more Texans. You will work directly with journalists and product teammates to create and improve the technologies that power the Tribune.
The Technical Delivery Manager is centered on people and delivery, not just tech decisions. This person should ensure the Tribune’s platforms are robust, scalable, and serve both audience and newsroom teams with minimal friction. They must balance hands-on support of their team with clear communication to organizational leadership.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success leading delivery of digital products or technical initiatives in agile settings, with particular experience running sprints, facilitating retrospectives and keeping teams focused through cross-functional change.
• Proven ability to manage and steward code review and quality processes, ensuring engineering standards without needing to be the technical decider; adept at escalating and resolving technical blockers.
• Hands-on experience coordinating data integrations and system workflows across platforms, ideally with tools such as a Newspack CMS, Salesforce CRM and Beehiiv ESP.
• Strong vendor and third-party partnership management skills, including contract/scoping oversight, delivery tracking and technical integration.
• Excellent communicator — able to translate technical concepts for non-technical partners, align project dependencies, and foster a culture of accountability, transparency and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership: Guide engineering best practices, set technical direction and ensure architectural decisions align with broader product and organizational goals. This includes overseeing migrations, integrations (CRM and membership in 2026) and technical support for new initiatives (AI, data products).
• Staff management and development: Supervise and serve as the primary point of support and accountability for engineers. This includes hiring, onboarding, performance feedback, mentorship and career path conversations. The manager shields staff from organizational churn — such as shifting project priorities — and fosters a healthy, inclusive team environment.
• Project delivery and execution: Own technical execution of product roadmaps. This means breaking down large priorities into actionable engineering tasks, setting realistic timelines, monitoring progress, troubleshooting blockers and ensuring deliverables match requirements, including stakeholder communication across teams.
• Cross-departmental liaison: Act as a bridge between editorial, product and design, translating business and user needs into clear technical work. A technical manager isn’t just “the boss of the engineers.” They’re a key voice in cross-functional planning, helping scope, de-risk and sequence projects amid shifting priorities.
• Quality and reliability: Set and enforce standards for code quality, uptime, documentation and operational support — including monitoring, on-call and incident response as appropriate. They do not write code but are responsible for technical debt and reliability across the stack.
• Budget and vendor management: Participate in evaluating, selecting and managing external vendors, SaaS tools and hosting infrastructure, ensuring value and alignment with strategic priorities.

Benefits

• Medical, vision and dental insurance
• Monthly cellphone stipend
• 20 days of paid time off each year
• 12 paid holidays
• Up to 16 weeks of paid family leave, plus four weeks of additional job protection
• Annual 401(k) match
• Support for professional training and career development
• Remote working flexibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees